$2.3-million Phase Two to service airport lands sent out to tender
The City of Castlegar is putting out an early tender for the roughly $2.3-million Phase Two of the airport-lands-servicing project, after an unanimous vote at council’s regular meeting Monday evening. “This is where we connect the pipe (recently installed spanning Kinnaird bridge during Phase One) at either end – on one end...
OUT OF LEFT FIELD: Do you have a right to know if your elected official has a criminal record?
I absolutely applaud a resolution Mayor Lawrence Chernoff announced Monday that he’d be bringing forward to council next meeting to consider bringing to the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments and from there, if it passes, to the Union of BC Municipalities and then to the provincial government. In effect, the resolution will ask that […]
B.C. Fed back students National Day of Action
The B.C. Federation of Labour’s Officers have thrown their support behind the Canadian Federation of Students National Day of Action, Federation President Jim Sinclair announced Wednesday. “Post-secondary education and training are the keys to our economy and to a young person’s place in today’s job market,” said Sinclair, who formerly worked for the now-defunct Nelson […]
City sponsors toilet talk; gives residents cold shoulder
The City of Castlegar is flush with pride in its continuing environmental stewardship initiatives, including the Toilet Rebate program and National Sweater Day on Feb. 9. Councillor Russ Hearne said this is the third year residents can be all a-swirl over the opportunity to switch out conventional toilets for far more...
Greens say Health Canada failed to reveal radioactivity in rainwater
The Green Party of Canada said despite public concern over fallout from the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Health Canada failed to report higher than normal radioactive iodine levels in rainwater. The Greens have been calling for Canada to increase transparency around possible radioactive contamination in the wake of the...
Global online community protests US anti-piracy bills
January 18 was an important day for the Internet. Corporate websites, from Google to Twitpic, along with civil society groups and individuals, have all joined together in a common cause: to protest two American bills that could have grave effects for global online free expression. As Global Voices' Executive Director ...
Clark breaks faith with Facebook users
Premier Christy Clark's Facebook page didn't come anywhere close in December to meeting the high expectations that the premier's office set out for the page itself, according to IntegrityBC. Premier Clark's page is being promoted with Facebook ads that promise: “I want to hear from you on how we can keep British Columbia...
OP/ED: Carbon tax should be killed, not used for transit
By: Jordan Bateman, Canadian Taxpayers Federation Whenever a transit authority cries poor in British Columbia, the NDP inevitably rush in with a claim that the carbon tax is the perfect way to pay for it. In reality, the vast majority of British Columbians would be better off if the carbon tax was killed, not repurposed. […]
OP/ED: Former paramedic decries BC Ambulance Services' position
A former BC Ambulance Services (BCAS) paramedic says he thinks the situation that saw Castlegar without ambulance coverage over the holidays (see http://castlegarsource.com/news/bc-ambulance-services-speak-lack-castlegar-coverage-over-holidays-16050) is symptomatic of a much larger problem. Jason Angulo was with BCAS for just under four years, serving in Prince Rupert and Vernon, then resigning in May 2010. Angulo said paramedics […]
OP/ED: Teachers' Union urges parents not to let kids take FSAs
This week, teachers of Grade 4 and 7 students in School District #20 will be sending letters home with students asking parents to withdraw their children from writing the FSAs (Foundation Skill Assessment) exams. Why? The FSAs do not count toward student’s marks nor do the results actively support learning. They are expensive...
